Re: Debian Sarge on Ultra 5

[Achim Schmidt <schmidt@waaf.net>]

Hello together,

> Tell which version of installer you are using.
> Telling more about the error is also helpfull.
> 

i got a similar error, when installing sarge via sarge-sparc-netinst.iso
dated 2004-09-23 on a sun ultra5 360.

the machine boots from the cd and i'm able to set language and
keyboard-layout - but then the installer loops because it can not
detect/mount the cdrom. 

I'm using the standard ide cdrom-drive originally shipped with the ultra
5. it is connected to the secound ide-channel and the harddisk is
connected as primary master.

when looking at syslog several errors from hw-detect are shown:

hw-detect: Detecting hardware...
hw-detect: Missing Module 'usb-storage'.
hw-detect: Missing Module 'floppy'.
hw-detect: Missing Module 'ide-mod'.
hw-detect: Missing Module 'ide-probe-mod'.
hw-detect: Missing Module 'ide-detect'.
hw-detect: Missing Module 'ide-generic'.
hw-detect: Missing Module 'ide-floppy'.
hw-detect: Missing Module 'ide-disk'.
hw-detect: Missing Module 'isofs'.
hw-detect: loading Modules...
...
hw-detect: Detecting module 'ide-cd' for 'Linux ATAPI CD-ROM'
hw-detect: Trying to load module 'ide-cd'
hw-detect: Detected discover version 1, intalling discover1
hw-detect: Detected hotplug support, installing hotplug
hw-detect: Missing modules 'usb-storage (USB storage), floppy (Linux
Floppy), ide-mod (Linux IDE driver) ..... isofs (Linux
ISO 9660 filesystem)
cdrom-detect: Searching for Debian installation media...
cdrom-detect: CDROM-mount failed (error=1): device=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
cdrom-detect: Unmounting CD just to be sure.
cdrom-detect: Trying it again.
cdrom-detect: CDROM-mount failed again (error=1):
device=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
cdrom-detect: Unmounting CD just to be sure and giving it up.
cdrom-detect: CDROM-detect failed.
main-menu: (process:495): mount: Mounting /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 on /cdrom
failed: no such device
main-menu: WARNING **: Configuring 'cdrom-detect' failed with error-code
1
main-menu: WARNING **: Menu item 'cdrom-detect' failed.


woody can be booted and installed correctly, the cdrom-drive is okay and
the image has correct md5sums - may it be a bug inside sarge-installer
or simply a buggy iso-image?


any hints are very welcome!


Thanks,


Achim